Plant compressing and binding device



Sept. 13, 1932. c, BRIMER PLANT COMPRESSING AND BINDING DEVICE Filed June 19, 1951 4 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR (HA/WES ERIN/5R J 1 ATTORMEYEE Sept. 13, 1932. c. BRIMER v 1,877,548

PLANT COMPRESSING AND BINDING DEVICE Filed June 19, 1951 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 lNVENTOR CHARLES EBB/MEI? ATTORN EYS Sept. 13, 1932. c BR|MER PLANT COMPRESSING AND BINDING DEVICE Filed June 19, 1931 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR (HA/r255 BR/ME'A Sept. 13, 1932.

c. BRIMER PLANT COMPRESSING AND BINDING DEVICE Filed June 19, 1951 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 l NV ENTOR 09/4/24 5 B/P ME/E M// ATTORN EYS "II/II!!! III/1111111111115 Patented Sept. 13, 1932 minis BB M B or mmsriivli wfiw YQRK- *PLA'HT eorrrnnssme Ann ism-mite nnvxen Applinatinn filed June 19,

h s n t n r lat s t impr vem n s p i nt compressing and b ndin d i and s bjs s o pr yids a imp HQ hfi i W r t e Pu pose of ath n g ii the e v s of a plant, fa x p ii fiwsr during its 'Ql iW t Q nd n ng hem eth r by W ne a se @Wl th r ti and tied. During the growth of Sugh' plants as w fiwe i i me yn erd 4 P119- dnoe the best results, to lift ,nptheir leaves and bunch them together in on nystanding PQ tiQB and to tie them together so tha 1 93 will remain in position during the eontinued growth .of athe plant. 'Herefofiore has had to be done by hand,=,-a laborious and time consuming op ergrtion.

The act of my invention is to provide a le Po abl ap at y m n @i Which-the various steps required to ;atta';in 23 h de i "r lt ar done mee it sl y with 'but little efiort and with great rapidity. hes n ot Qbjgcts li iimm will appear in thei011owingspeoifioati0n Which 'I will desc ibe ,an i l'Iist s ire emhodir.

merit of the inyen iO the noyel 'fea-t ir'es of which will be set forth appended olaims.

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Fig, .l is an elevation io fja Iderioe whi is made in .ac ordans iyith my-inyention, po s'i tioned near a cauliflower rep resented dotted lines; 7

Fig. -2fis another elevation of the device, the View bei g taksn ,at rig t si gto tha F3 is a. plan view of the same parts withits slumping arms shown in their olistended position in full lines, together with their aotuating connections and with the compressing position of the arms and their actuating {connections indicated by dotted lines; I

Fig. 4 is a sectionztl plan view, the section being taken on the line 4:401 Fig. 1'; Fig. .5 is asectional pla n \viewwon allarger scale showing :the position oat the pantsiatrthe beginning 0215 the twin wrapping operatio The section in his :figune is taken :on the dine.

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are shown by otted lines in Fig. 3' at 2 .d ,l,A7 by m v ng th [l ve "l i omf i 7 full line p s t on toward the hand e 1. t somg sqqh position as that indiqzttedat 319A wr p in me hanism,

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A part of the head 13 forms a boss 30 through which passes the shaft 31 of a gear 32. A pinion 33 in mesh with gear 32 is affixed to a shaft 34 which is rotatably supported in a lug 35 projecting laterally from the boss 30 and in a bearing 36 on the head 13. The gear and pinion are rotated by a crank 37 aflixed to the'outer end of-the shaft 34. r

40 is a holder for a ball 41 of twine which is mounted upon an upstanding projection of the shaft 31 and is keyed to rotate with the shaft. 42 is a twine guide projecting from and rotating with the twine holder to lead the twine to a hole in gear 32. The twine passes'through the gear and through a tubular member 43 on the end of which is a blade 44 having an eye 45 through which the twine is threaded. The blade is set at an angle to a tangent to the circumferential path through which it moves for a purpose which will appear presently.

The operation of wrapping the twine around the plant will now be described. The

gear 32 is rotated by the crank 37 to cause" the blade 44 to pass between a pair of spring clamps 46 which are mounted upon the upright 11 of the frame. In Figs. 6 and 7 the blade is shown ashaving just passed through the clamps. The gear is then reversed. The blade 44then passes inside of'the clamps 46 because of its angularity, carrying 'thetwine' in the direction indicated by the small arrows'in Fig. 6,. but.leaving" the end of the twine caught between the spring 'clampsJ The rotation of the gear is continued until the plate 44 reaches the position in which it is shown in Figs. 8 and 9. Havingpassed outside of a, perforated plate 50 and ahook 60, the purpose and function, of which will be shown later, the twine will be caught'by the plateand seated in a notch 50A therein, and

y the, hook. 60, to form such a loop as is shown in Fig. 8.

With the twine wrapping parts thus positioned the device. with its clamp arms 20, 21 distended is brought up to a plant, as shown in Fig. 1. Then lever 19 is moved toward handle 14 to move the clamping arms from the positions in which they are shown in full lines in Fig. 3 to some such positionsas- Next the gear 32 is rotated in a clockwise.

direction to carry the blade 44 from the position in which it is" shown in Figs. 5, 8 and'9 and in dotted lines at 44A in Fig. 4, aroundf th- 1 tt b' th t ftht' e p an o rmg e1: par 0 8 Wm? shown in Flg. 12. Here the button 76 has the clamping arms have been moved to en 'this shaft.

of a tubular member 69 which is rotatably This gathers the leaves close the plant an arm 61 on shaft 16 has, by means of a link 62, moved a cam 63 pivoted on a plate 64 which is adj ustably mounted on the 1). 68-is a cylindrical housing on shaft 66 having a bore at right angles to the axis of The hook 60 is formed on an end mounted in the housing 68. 70 is a gear on the end of the member 69 in mesh with a segmental gear 71 affixed to the base 10. This arrangement is such that as the cam 63 pushes the pawl 65 to rotate shaft 66 about a substanti'ally vertical axis against the action of the spring 67, it rotates the'hook 60 about a substantially horizontal axis through about 360. This winds the two parts of the twine around the member 69 back of the hook 60 in the form of a complete loop.

At thesame time the plate 50 is moved with the hook to'provide the slack in the-twine needed to formthe loop. v

Theplate 50'is mounted on the ends of parallel arms51, 52 which are pivoted to the base 10, with their other ends connected by a link 53 which in turn is'pivoted to an arm 54 projecting from the housing 68.

In the drawings,'Fig. lO'shows the position of thehook 60 after two parts of the twine has been'placed back of it. Fig. 11 shows the loop nearly completed. When in this position afinger 72 which has a configurationsimilar to that of hook 60 has been pushed away from-the hook in the following manner; the'finger 72 is o'nthe end of a rod 7 3 which is slidably but non-rotatively mounted in the tubular member 69. A'

' 73 tends to keepthe finger 72in clamping engagement with the hook 60. V 76 is a button having a stem telescopically supported on rod 7 3 and pushed outwardly by a'spring 77 (see Fig. 16). When the parts have reached the positions in which they are shown in Fig. 11, the button 76 has engaged a stationary cam 78 on the base 10 which has forced the finger 72 away from the hook:60 against the action of spring 74 so that as the hook completes the formation of the loop the twoparts of the twine which extends to the left of the loop, as viewed in the drawings, will lie betweenthe end of hook 60 and the finger 7 2..

Further rotation of the shaft 66 will bring the-partsto the positions inwhich they are passed the cam 78 and the spring 7 4 has moved the finger 72 back against the hook clamping the parts of the twine which are between them; "This is 'also'shown' in Fig. 14. At the all) l'JI

same time a knife which is attached to the housing 68 has been moved up to the twine, on the other side of which is a stationary blade 81.

Further rotation of shaft 66 brings the parts to the positions shown inFig. 13 where the knife 80 and blade 81 have severed the twine. The blade 44 has also carried the end of the twine from the eye 45 through the clamps 46, ready for repeating the operation.

Now as the gear 32 is rotated in the opposite direction to release the pawl 65, the shaft 66 will be turned back by its spring 67. Spring 77 now pushes the button 76 outside of cam 7 8 so that the ends of the twine remain clamped between the hook 60 and the finger 72 as the loop is withdrawn from the hook, as shown in Fig. 15, thus completing the knot.

The foregoing description is for illustrative purposes as many modifications and variations may be made within the spirit and scope of my invention and I intend no limitations other than those imposed by the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A portable device comprising a frame, a

. around a plant held within the clamping arms, a knot tying mechanism and gearing for actuating the wrapping means and the knot tying mechanism.

2. A portable device comprising a frame, a pair of plant clamping arms pivoted to the frame, means for causing said arms to move simultaneously, a lever for actuating said moving means, means for wrapping a twine around a plant near the clamping arms, a knot tying mechanism, gearing for actuating the wrapping means and the knot tying mechanism, and manual means for actuating the gearing.

3. A portable device comprising a frame, a pair of intermeshing gears pivoted to the frame, a plant clamping arm projecting from each of said gears, a lever connected with one of the gears, a rotary mechanism for wrapping a twine around a plant near the clamping arms, manual means for actuating said twine wrapping mechanism, and means actuated by the movement of the twine wrapping mechanism for tying a knot in the twine.

l. A poftable device comprising a frame, a pair of intermeshing gears pivoted to the frame, a plant clamping arm projecting from each of said gears, a lever connected with one of the gears, a rotary mechanism for wrapping a twine around a plant near the clamping arms, manual means for actuating said twine wrapping mechanism, and means actuated by the movement of the twine wrapping mechanism for severing the twine and tying a knot in the twine.

5. A portable device comprising a frame having a base andahead spacedtherefrom a pair of projecting arms pivoted tothebase, a gear supported in thehead, means f0r,;moy--,

7 ing the. clamping armstocompact the.leaves 70a having va base: and a headspacedtherefromajfifi a hand projecting laterally fr om;=the.upp'er part of the:v frame, a .pairof projecting plant clamping arms pivoted to the base, a gear sup.-;; ported in the head, a lever projecting lateral ly from; the upper part of the framefor, mov ingthe clamping arms to compact the -leaves,- of a plant, and a twine ,guidedepending from; y the edge of the gear for leading a twine around; aplant held within therclamping.

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7. A;portable,device comprising: ;a .frame havinga base and a head spaced therefrom;,;; a handle projecting laterally from; the upper f part of the frame, a pair of projecting plant clamping arms pivoted tothe baseya ,gea-I. sup portedzin thehead, a lever projecting late: erally fromithe, upper part of theuframe for: moving the clamping arms, ,toacompact the...

leaves of a plant, :a twine; guide ,depending from the edge-of the gear forleading ,a twine! around .a plant held within "the clampi n'g arms, a pinion-engaging said gearjhavinga shaftsupported on the head of the fra1no,.. and a crank on thepinion shaft.

8. A portable devicecomprising ajframe lm having a baseand a head spaced therefrom,-

a handle projecting laterally from-the upperj part of the frame,a pair of projecting plant clamping armspivoted to: the base, a gear:

supported in-the head, a lever projectinglat: 5

erally from the upper part of the frame for;- movingthe clamping arms to compactthe leavesof a plant, means forsupporting aball oftwine above the gear,-mean snearithe base of the frame for holding the endof the twine,;,

a twine guide, depending from the edge of the gear for leading the twine around a plant held within the clamping arms, a pinion engaging said gear having a shaft supported on the head of the frame, and a crank on the -75 pinion shaft. 7

9. A portable device comprising a frame having a base and a head spaced therefrom, a pair of projecting clamping arms pivoted to the base, a gear supported in the head, 01,

means for moving the clamping arms to compact the leaves of a plant, a twine guide depending from the edge of the gear for leading a twine around a plant held within the clamping arms, and means for tying the twine.

10. A portable device comprising a frame having a base and a head spaced therefrom, a handle projecting laterally from the upper 1 part of the frame, a pair of projecting plant 3%;

clamping" arm's pivoted to the base, a gear supported in the head, a lever projecting laterally from the upper part of the frame for moving the clamping arms to compact the "leaves of a plant, a twine guide-depending from the edge of the gear for leading a twine around a planet held with the clampingarms,

and a knot tying mechanism for the tw1ne.- 1 11. A- portable device comprising a frame having a base and a head spaced therefrom, a

handle projecting laterally from the upper part of the frame, a pair of projecting plant clamping arms pivoted to the base, a gear supported in the head, a lever projecting 1at= 'erally from the upper part of the frame for" moving the clamping arms to compact the leaves of the plant, a twine guide depending fromthe edge of the gear for leading a twine around a plant held within the clamping arms, a pinion engaging said gear having a shaft supported on the head of the frame, a crank on the pinion shaft, a knot tying mechanism, and means for actuating said mechanism by the movement of said gear.

12. A portable device comprising a frame having a base and a head spaced therefrom, a handle projecting laterally from the upper part of the frame, a pair of projecting plant clamping arms pivoted to the base, a gear supported in the head, a lever projecting laterally from the upper part of the frame for moving the clamping arms to compact the leaves of a plant, means for supporting a ball of twine above the gear, means near the base of the frame for holding the end of the twine, a twine guide depending from the edge of the gear for leading the twine around a plant held within the clamping arms, a pinion engaging said gear having a shaft supported on the head of the frame, a crank on the pinion shaft, a mechanism for severing the twine near the holding means therefor and for tying a knot in the twine, and means for actuating said' mechanism by the movement of sald gear.

CHARLES BRIMER. 

